FHSU Sports Information Department
HAYS, Kan. – Fort Hays State’s 2016 football schedule has been released. The Tigers will play five games at home in 2016, with the first being the season opener on Thursday, September 1 against Missouri Southern. Fort Hays State is coming off its first postseason game appearance in 20 years, earning a spot in the Mineral Water Bowl in 2015.
2016 Football Schedule
All home games in 2016 are against teams outside the state of Kansas. FHSU hosts four Missouri schools and one Oklahoma school at Lewis Field Stadium. Missouri Southern serves as the opponent for the Kickoff Classic and Lindenwood will be the Homecoming opponent on October 1. Missouri Western comes to town for the annual Hall of Fame Game on October 22, and defending national champion Northwest Missouri State will be in town for Senior Day on November 5.
2016 Home Games
September 1 – Missouri Southern, 7 pm (Kickoff Classic)
September 17 – Central Oklahoma, 7 pm
October 1 – Lindenwood, 2 pm (Homecoming)
October 22 – Missouri Western, 2 pm (Hall of Fame Game)
November 5 – Northwest Missouri State, 2 pm (Senior Day)
All games in the regular season will be conference games for the third straight year with 12 schools in the conference for football (Southwest Baptist and Lincoln do not compete in the MIAA in football). The Tigers are coming off an 8-4 record last year, tying for third in the MIAA standings, the highest finish ever for FHSU in the MIAA. The eight wins tied a single-season school record and gave FHSU its first-ever bowl game appearance, selected to the Mineral Water Bowl where it played Minnesota-Duluth. The Tigers have seen a one-win improvement every year under head coach Chris Brown, who enters his sixth season guiding the Tigers in 2016.
Tiger Football will be holding its annual Spring Scrimmage on Saturday, April 16. Gates open at 11:30 am and the scrimmage is set to start at 12 pm.
See the up-to-date Tiger Football roster at the following link… 2016 Spring Roster.